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Sitting on our balcony overlooking Funchal harbour, what I would give to see an Aquila Airways Solent landing !

The only form of aerial activity is the odd chopper heading for the pad on the newest monster, the Savoy Hotel.

We popped in for a nosey the other day, and Sheona asked if she could see the pool. 'Which one ? We have 21 pools......'.Aah. said she, but most hotel pools are too small .'. Our longest, madam is 98 metres....'

Sitting on our balcony overlooking Funchal harbour, what I would give to see an Aquila Airways Solent landing !

The only form of aerial activity is the odd chopper heading for the pad on the newest monster, the Savoy Hotel.

We popped in for a nosey the other day, and Sheona asked if she could see the pool. 'Which one ? We have 21 pools......'.Aah. said she, but most hotel pools are too small .'. Our longest, madam is 98 metres....'

We shall not be staying there next year.

...and I'm sure you are doing the right thing! BTW don't forget to taste the cod (Bacalao)…
Enjoy!
Cheers
Carlo

She still is the SIPA-Gérard AG-01 Aile Flotante (F-WFSM) alias NC-853G by André Gérard and built by SIPA
Hopefully someone can direct me to reliable info on her history.
One version is that she originally was a NC-853S (80hp Minié 4DC-30 engine), then NC-854S (65hp Continental A65), then NC-858S (90hp Continental C90-12F) before becoming the AG-01. So what is the engine?

That's entirely correct and demonstrates that, Walter, you know more about the aeroplane than I do! Thus I'm sorry that I cannot assist with an identification of the engine it had as F-WFSM (well, not, perhaps, until the birthday present about which I'm not supposed to know is delivered!). We await your next challenge.

p.s. I keep writing île flottante - which is a meringue and custard dessert - rather than aile flottante and so have to correct myself!

OK thanks anyway, Kevin. Robert, as soon as I saw your pic I said 'Heinkel' ! St John Turner's book didn't help much, so it was over to vol2 of Nowarra's Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-45. I suspect that's where you got the photo ?

Here's a chopper. This one can do 500 kilos of cabbages in 30 seconds.........

I see, Mike, didn't know that the He 46a was included in Nowarra's book, a look might have helped.

"My" photo is from a short-lived magazine from the 1970ies called "Luftfahrt-Geschichte" which ended up after 5 or 6 issues I think. Each issue described a few German types in detail and there are several more photos of the He 46 prototype included, also from the second prototype He 46b which differs slightly from the "a" but was still a biplane.

I see, Mike, didn't know that the He 46a was included in Nowarra's book, a look might have helped.

"My" photo is from a short-lived magazine from the 1970ies called "Luftfahrt-Geschichte" which ended up after 5 or 6 issues I think. Each issue described a few German types in detail and there are several more photos of the He 46 prototype included, also from the second prototype He 46b which differs slightly from the "a" but was still a biplane.

Anyone interested in more photos of the He 46 prototype?

A question please Robert:
was the b(V2) prototype still with Bristol Jupiter engine or was there already a SAM22b(Bramo 322B) fitted? and yes a few more pics would be appropriate…
Cheers
Carlo